Tire-supporting receptacle.



R. EISENMANN.

TIRE SUPPORTING REGEPTAOLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 8,1913.

Patented Mar. 311, 191 i.

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STATES RICHARD EISENMANN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TIRE-SUPPORTING REGEPTACLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 8, 1913.

Patented Mar. 31, 1914.

Serial No. 766,348.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD EISENMANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tire-Supporting Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to receptacles, and particularly to receptacles adapted to be placed within and secured to the spare tires usually carried on automobiles. A receptacle of this sort is-subjected necessarily to considerable vibration and often to some hard usage, and therefore, if a door or cover of ordinary construction isused, it will soon become loose or Warped or otherwise injured so that the receptacle is not dust and waterproof.

One of the principal objects of my invention is to provide, in a receptacle of this character, a door which is so constructed that when shut it provides a tight fitting closure for the receptacle that will not gap or rattle loose with the vibration of the car and that will automatically take up any looseness and wear.

A further obj eot of the invention is to provide a simple and convenient means for looking a door of this sort in its closed position.

A further object of the invention is to provide certain novel means for securing the receptacle Within the tire,-

The preferred embodiment of my invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts, and in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the receptacle. Fig. 2 is a section taken on line 22 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows. Fig. 3 is a view in elevation illustrating the position of the resilient looking member when it is in an unlocked position, showing parts of the body in section. Fig. 4 is a view similar to that of Fig. 3 showing the locking member in locked position. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the structure shown in Figs. 3 and 4. Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional view illustrating .the manner of securing the tire to the outer periphery of the rece tacle. Fig. 7 is a view, in perspective, 0 the tire securing device shown in Fig. 6 removed from the receptacle Fig. 8 is a View, in perspective, of

ferred to is. carried on the mud guard or when it is secured to brackets at the rear of the machine. On several types of two-passenger automobiles no provision is made for carrying the extra tires in an upright position, the tire in these cases being laid down andstrapped to the rear part of the car.

When the tire is carried in the latter manner, my improved receptacle may be laid on its side and secured within the tire in the same manner, or it may be permanently secured to the machine. The body may be made of any suitable material such as trunk board, sheet metal or the like. I preferably use sheet metal as it is more durable. In order to secure the receptacle to the tire, or vice versa, I. preferably provide, on the outer periphery thereof, straps which are formed in part with flexible metal and in part with leather. The metal parts 27 of the straps are secured to the body and preferably extend around the tire 25 to a short distance past the center of the tread. Leather strips 28 and 29 are secured to either end of the metal strips 27 and are provided with spring buckles 30. The member 31 of the buckle is secured to the strap 28 and is provided with slots 32 adapted to receive the tongue 33 of the buckle member 34 which is secured to the strap 29. The tongue is pivoted to the member 34 as at 35 and is held in an open or closed position by the lip 36 of the tongue 33 bearingagainst the spring 37 on the buckle member 34.

The front sheet 37 of the body is provided with an opening 38 that may be of any dosirable size or shape though it is preferably circular. The front sheet is formed with an inwardly extending conical-shape flange 39 which extends entirely around the open ing, For the purpose of stiffening and strengthening the sheet 37 around the opening the flange 39 may be formed with an inwardly projecting rim 40 although this may be omitted. The sheet is formed near the opening 38 and concentric therewith with an annular raised portion or corrugation 41.

The opening 38 is closed by a door which is adapted. to bear upon the front sheet 37 between the corruga ion 41 and the edge of the opening and is also formed so as to pro- 1 The door 42 is formed with its edge flattened out as at 46 to take an annular gasket 47, which is preferably made of rubber, though obviously leather or any suitable form of soft material might be used, and is formed with a groove 48. When the gasket is made of an endless circular piece of rubber, as is preferable, it can be stretched enough to slip over the edge of the door.

The inner side 49 of the gasket bears against the front sheet 37 as at 50 and the outer periphery of the gasket fits within the inner periphery of the annular corrugation 41. The gasket is also formed on its inner side with a flange 51 which is provided with a taper corresponding to the taper of the flange 39 so as to have a wedging engagement with the flange 39. The corrugation 41 preferably extends outwardly beyond the gasket 47 and therefore acts as a water shed for the door decreasing the likelihood of water seeping into the receptacle through the joint between the gasket and the body.

In order to hold the door closed I provide a spring hasp 52 which cooperates with the gasket 47 in a manner to insure a very close fit of the door in its seat which will revent dust, rain, and the like, from entering the receptacle. The spring hasp 52 is secured to the door 42, extends over the corrugation 41, and is formed with a slot 53 which is adapted to receive a knob 55, the shank 56- of which is reduced as at 57 and is revolubly engaged with a plate 58 secured to the front sheet 37 by means of rivets 59. The hasp is bent and put under tension when it is brought down over thehea'd of the knob.

It is held in this position by giving the knob a half turn, the inner edge of the head of the knob seating in a groove 60 in the hasp formed between the ribs 61 and 62. When the hasp is held down in this manner the gasket is held down tightly against the sheet 37 as shown at 50 and the flange 51 of the gasket is held in a wedging engagement with the flange 39. This construction rovides a closure for the receptacle which is very secure and tight so as to prevent dust and rain from entering the receptacle which will antomatically take up wear and any loosening of the parts and will not gap or open up with the vibration of the automobile.

Means for locking the door is provided by securing an angular piece of metal 63 to the hasp and providing it with a perforation 64 which will register with one or other of the perforations 65 in the latch 55 so as to re ceive the link 66 of a padlock 67. The body of the receptacle is preferably strengthened by the use of an angular brace 68 held in place by rivets 45, 59, 69, 70 and 71, although in some cases this will not be necessary.

While I have described my invention in its preferred embodiment, I do not wish to limit myself to the articular form shown and described as mo ifications might be made without departure from my invention.

I claim:

1. A receptacle of the character described,

.-vided with an opening, an inwardly extending flange around the opening, a door for said opening comprising a metal plate, a gasket provided with a groove adapted to fit tightly over the edge of said plate, a tapered flange on said gasket adapted to be weddged iinto said opening, a spring haspsecure said door, and a knob on said body which is engaged by said hasp so as to hold the gasket on said closure in said wedgingengagement, said bod being formed with a rib concentric with sai opening for the purpose described. a

3. In a receptacle of the character described the combination with av box having an opening in one side, of a door hin ed to the box at one side of said opening, a s otted spring hasp on said door and a revoluble knob on the box adapted to extend through the slot in the hasp, the hasp being formed with a transverse groove in which the knob seats when in looking position.

4. In a receptacle of the character described the combination with a box provided with an opening in one side and formed with an upwardly extending rib and with an inturned flange around said opening, of a door hinged to said box, a gasket engaging the edge of the door and adapted to seat against said rib and flange, and means for locking the door in closed position. I

5. In a receptacle of the character described the combination with a box provided withan opening in one side and formed with an outwardly extending rib and an inturned I against said rib and flange, a hasp on said door and means on the box for engaging the free end of the hasp to force the door to its closed position.

6. In a receptacle of the character (16- i closed position, and resilient means for lockscribed, the combination with a box provided ing the door in closed position. with an opening in one'side and formed with RICHARD E1 SENM ANN b e I v said horizontal flange and formed with a an inturned conical-shaped flange around;

said opening, of a dished sheet metal door \Vitnesses: hinged to the box and provided with a horii L. A. FALKENBERG, zontal flange, a gasket provided with a G. Y. SKINNER.

said inturned flange when the door is in. 

